If this is your first visit, be sure to
check out the FAQ by clicking the
link above. You will be required to register
before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages,
select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below.

Comment

I have a job that the new home owners want to install a gas range and grill on their deck. They only have a 1" main and the range puts them over what the 1" will handle so I have been taking a gas class for the last month since I have been getting so much city work and every thing is gas and old and it has been 6 years since I gone thru a gas class. The guys that teach the class worked for the local gas company since the sixties and told me to call the gas company and see if 2lb is available in the area if so install a 2lb regulator then the 1" main can handle the gas and size two lines for the extra appliances! This really opens the door to adding gas appliances to an older 1/4 lb system.

Comment

I always end up putting secondary regulators on any system over .5 PSI. By the time you do all of the regulators it is cheaper to just increase the yard line size where necessary but each situation is different for sure

Comment

The regulator would go before the 1st tee all existing piping is already sized to 1/4 lb and regulator need to be adjusted down to 9" or 8" w.c. on initial start up. Am I not understanding what you are saying?

The regulator would go before the 1st tee all existing piping is already sized to 1/4 lb and regulator need to be adjusted down to 9" or 8" w.c. on initial start up. Am I not understanding what you are saying?

Anytime I install a higher then a .5 PSI system (mostly single and 2 stage LP systems but would do it with Nat gas as well) I install secondary regulators at every device to protect the individual appliances in the event of a primary regulator failure.

Comment

I 'll try that tonight getting ready for a gas heater install in the city. Do any of you need to reline chimneys out there I is up the plumber here to determine I have never seen a bad one do you guys have any pictures ? This city work is a new animal to me all my time has been spent up in the country.

I have a job that the new home owners want to install a gas range and grill on their deck. They only have a 1" main and the range puts them over what the 1" will handle so I have been taking a gas class for the last month since I have been getting so much city work and every thing is gas and old and it has been 6 years since I gone thru a gas class. The guys that teach the class worked for the local gas company since the sixties and told me to call the gas company and see if 2lb is available in the area if so install a 2lb regulator then the 1" main can handle the gas and size two lines for the extra appliances! This really opens the door to adding gas appliances to an older 1/4 lb system.

It is easier sometimes to just bring in a new 3/4 or 1/2" line off the meter with Trac Pipe and run it to the new fixtures then converting to 2lb.